Technology, Machinery & Equipment

The representative bodies for the European Textile and Clothing Industry, Euratex, and the European Textile Machinery Manufacturers, Cematex, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for closer collaboration in research, technological development innovation and industry promotion. The agreement aims to foster stronger collaboration of the two European industry bodies in fields such as research, technological development and innovations as well as the promotion of a

A delegation of French textile machinery manufacturers headed by Christian Guinet, Commercial Manager (Textile Division) of Stäubli France and Evelyne Cholet, Secretary General of the French Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Promotion Commission took part in two conferences organized by UCMTF in Syria and Turkey. The events were attended by 500 delegates and took place on October 19 and 21, 2010. Mr Guinet was recently appointed Presiden

430 delegates from the Brazilian textiles industry attended the recent Conference on German Technology for Brazilian Textiles in São Paulo and Blumenau, where decision makers as well as technicians were informed with regard to the latest technology trends from Germany. The twin conferences, organised by Germany’s VDMA Textile Machinery Association and supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics & Technology, took place in São Paulo on 3

Narrow fabrics machinery manufacturer Comez has developed an innovative electronic double needle bar warp knitting machine for use in an Italian regional government funded biomedical textiles project. The Panagenesi project aims to help cure diabetes by optimizing the implanting of human pancreatic islands through the use of fibrin scaffold to aid in the success of pancreatic transplants. Project partners Panagenesi is financed by the Region of Lombardy and is being

Sage Automotive Interiors has successfully installed BarcoVision WeaveMaster, KnitMaster and QualiMaster manufacturing execution systems (MES) in its five USA plants. All systems are linked with the company’s Jomar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.  When Sage was established in September 2009, a major IT project was set up to select and install a company wide ERP system and replace the legacy monitoring and inspection systems with a standard solut

Warp Knitting machine building leader Karl Mayer will exhibit at the  German Pavillion (stand W5 F67+72) at the upcoming CINTE Techtextil, Messe Frankfurt’s Chinese version of the well established Techtextil technical textiles exhibition. The show is scheduled to run from 19-21 October in Shanghai. Karl Mayer will exhibit a specially selected range of fabrics and provide information via a competent team of advisors, sales personnel and technicians. Visitors to t

Biomedical Structures LLC, a provider of biomedical textiles for medical devices and other advanced clinical applications, today announced that it has expanded its textile engineering capabilities with a new purpose-built clean room for high-density weaving and advanced braiding infrastructure for polymer and wire materials.  BMS will support this growth by complementing its engineering expertise by hiring new employees to the company’s technical workforce at

Building on the success of the first two IFAI Advanced Textiles conferences (in Berlin and Brussels), IFAI presented a third successful edition in Paris 16-17 June, in the modern Congress facilities of UICP (right next to the Eiffel Tower). The Industrial Fabrics Association International hosted 70 participants from Europe and the U.S. at the 2010 conference, which focused on major applications of technical textiles and investigated new technology solutions and

German dyeing and finishing machinery builder Thies GmbH & Co KG has launched a new dyeing machine for both woven and knitted fabrics that offers ultra-low dye liquor levels. The new Thies iMaster H2O has been designed to ensure economic and environmentally friendly operation with advanced automation at low liquor levels and offers liquor ratios (textile dyed: water used in dye bath) as low as 1:3.7 for cottons. Thies says the iMaster H2O is based on 40 years'

German textile engineering powerhouse Groz-Beckert opened its highly impressive Technology & Development Centre (TEZ) here in Albstadt on Friday confirming its status as one of the most successful and forward thinking textile engineering businesses in the world. Set in Baden-Württemberg, one of Germany’s wealthiest regions, which borders France to the west and Switzerland to the south, the town of Albstadt is the centre